The United States Democratic Review, Volume 19Langtree and O'Sullivan, 1846 - United States Vols. 1-3, 5-8 contain the political and literary portions; v. 4 the historical register department, of the numbers published from Oct. 1837 to Dec. 1840. |
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... thing but willingly performed . He is bound to furnish them with oxen in case one dies , and also their ploughs and imple- ments , such as they are . The peasants , since their personal liberty was pro- mulgated in 1791 , may leave the ...
... thing but willingly performed . He is bound to furnish them with oxen in case one dies , and also their ploughs and imple- ments , such as they are . The peasants , since their personal liberty was pro- mulgated in 1791 , may leave the ...
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... thing . The idea that fortresses in an open country will check an invading army for fear of the operations of the garrison on its rear , is obsolete . If a force retires before a larger one , it will , by throwing garrisons into forts ...
... thing . The idea that fortresses in an open country will check an invading army for fear of the operations of the garrison on its rear , is obsolete . If a force retires before a larger one , it will , by throwing garrisons into forts ...
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... thing they peculiarly possess , has descended upon the children of their colonists in the matter of the Common Law - a system of jurisprudence in many respects un- fitted to our peculiar institutions ; but we live on and suffer on under ...
... thing they peculiarly possess , has descended upon the children of their colonists in the matter of the Common Law - a system of jurisprudence in many respects un- fitted to our peculiar institutions ; but we live on and suffer on under ...
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... thing that could be said . Strain the construction as you please , and the only fault is an error in legal grammar ; but " mala grammatica non vitiat chartam , " says the axiom . Comment is unnecessary on these cases . It is difficult ...
... thing that could be said . Strain the construction as you please , and the only fault is an error in legal grammar ; but " mala grammatica non vitiat chartam , " says the axiom . Comment is unnecessary on these cases . It is difficult ...
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... thing for my countrymen to attribute the thoughtful- ness and reserve and distance observ- able in the English character to pride and haughtiness . Nothing can be more erroneous . It is a part of the system . The manners of the people ...
... thing for my countrymen to attribute the thoughtful- ness and reserve and distance observ- able in the English character to pride and haughtiness . Nothing can be more erroneous . It is a part of the system . The manners of the people ...
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Page 285 - Twas thine own genius gave the final blow, And helped to plant the wound that laid thee low : So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And winged the shaft that quivered in his heart ; Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel ; While the same plumage that had warmed his nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast.
Page 320 - ... and the moneys arising from the loans creating such debts shall be applied to the purpose for which they were obtained, or to repay the debt so contracted, and to no other purpose whatever.
Page 335 - The Legislature shall have no power to pass any act granting any special charter for banking purposes; but corporations or associations may be formed for such purposes under general laws.
Page 320 - No moneys shall ever be paid out of the treasury of this State, or any of its funds, or any of the funds under its management, except in pursuance of an appropriation by law; nor unless such payment be made within two years next after the passage of such appropriation act...
Page 320 - In addition to the above limited power to contract debts, the State may contract debts to repel invasion, suppress insurrection, or defend the State in war; but the money arising from the contracting of such debts shall be applied to the purpose for which it was raised, or to repay such debts, and to no other purpose whatever.
Page 285 - That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft that made him die, Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high. Had Echo, with so sweet a grace, Narcissus' loud complaints returned, Not for reflection of his face, But of his voice, the boy had burned.
Page 320 - ... and every such law making a new appropriation, or continuing or reviving an appropriation, shall distinctly specify the sum appropriated, and the object to which it is to be applied; and it shall not be sufficient for such law to refer to any other law to fix such sum.
Page 285 - In vain for him the officious wife prepares The fire fair-blazing, and the vestment warm ; In vain his little children, peeping out Into the mingling storm, demand their sire, With tears of artless innocence. Alas ! Nor wife, nor children, more shall he behold, Nor friends, nor sacred home.
Page 335 - Corporations may be formed under general laws; but shall not be created by special act, except for municipal purposes, and...
Page 153 - From the point on the forty-ninth parallel of north latitude, where the boundary laid down in existing Treaties and Conventions between...